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2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League

Dates
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Twenty20
Round-robin and play-offs
Dindigul Dragons (1st title)
Kovai Kings
8
32
Shahrukh Khan (Kovai Kings)
Shivam Singh (Dindigul Dragons) (364)
M. Poiyamozhi (Salem Spartans) (16)

The 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League (also known as TNPL-8 and branded as Shriram Capital TNPL was the eighth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). It took place from 5 July 2024 to 4 August 2024. Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won the previous season. In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Lyca Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

The Tamil Nadu Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. It is held annually since 2016. Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season after beating Nellai Royal Kings in the final.

The format remained the same since the 2017 season, wherein the eight teams played against each other in the league phase in round-robin format and the top four qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of three matches – one eliminator and two qualifiers, followed by the final. The top two teams from the league phase play against each other in the first qualifier match with the winner progressing to the final. The loser would play against the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play in the second qualifier. The winner of this match would play the winner of the first qualifier for the title.

The season was held from 5 July to 4 August 2024.

The winners of TNPL are awarded ₹10 (11¢ US) with the runners-up receiving ₹6 million (US$63,000). The two semi-finalists are awarded ₹4 million (US$42,000) each with the remaining four teams receiving ₹2.5 million (US$26,000) each.

Shriram Group continued to be the title sponsor of the event, having won the rights in 2020.

Star India has held the television rights since the inaugural season in 2016. The matches are telecast with commentaries in English and Tamil. FanCode is the streaming partner since the last season.

Eight franchises are competing in the league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. Each team can have a maximum of 20 players that includes two outstation players.

Team	City	Captain	Coach	Owner
Chepauk Super Gillies	Chennai	Baba Aparajith	Hemang Badani	Metronation Chennai Television
Dindigul Dragons	Dindigul	Ravichandran Ashwin	Subramaniam Badrinath	Take Solutions
Kovai Kings	Coimbatore	Shahrukh Khan	Sriram Somayajula	Lyca Productions
Nellai Royal Kings	Tirunelveli	Arun Karthik	A. G. Guruswamy	Crown Forts
Salem Spartans	Salem	Shijit Chandran	B. Ramprakash	Selvakumar
Madurai Panthers	Madurai	Hari Nishaanth	Bharath Reddy	Seichem Technologies
Trichy Grand Cholas	Tiruchirapalli	Antony Dhas	Tinu Yohannan	Drumstick Productions
Tiruppur Tamizhans	Tiruppur	Sai Kishore	Ramaswamy Prasanna	iDream Cinemas and Properties

For the season, the teams were permitted a maximum of 20 players and were allowed to retain a set of players before the rest went into an auction. About 61 players were sold in the auction with the maximum bid at ₹2.2 million (US$23,000).

Player	Team	Price
Sai Kishore	Tiruppur Tamizhans	₹2.20 million (US$23,000)
Sanjay Yadav	Trichy Grand Cholas	₹2.20 million (US$23,000)
S Harish Kumar	Salem Spartans	₹1.54 million (US$16,000)
Abhishek Tanwar	Chepauk Super Gillies	₹1.22 million (US$13,000)
T Natarajan	Tiruppur Tamizhans	₹1.125 million (US$12,000)

The group stage matches were held in four venues across the state. The last two matches of the league including the final was held at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Stadium	City	Capacity
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	38,000
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium	Salem	5,000 (expandable to 25,000)
SNR College Cricket Ground	Coimbatore	Limited (expandable)
NPR College Ground	Dindigul	5,000
Indian Cement Company Ground	Tirunelveli	4,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts
1	7	6	1	0	12	0.728
2	7	4	3	0	8	0.677
3	7	4	3	0	8	0.362
4	7	4	3	0	8	0.109
5	7	3	3	1	7	0.039
6	7	3	4	0	6	0.012
7	7	2	4	1	5	−1.152
8	7	1	6	0	2	−0.858

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In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

Runs	Player	Team	Inns.	HS	Ave
Shivam Singh	Dindigul Dragons	9	106*	45.50	1/3
Tushar Raheja	Tiruppur Tamizhans	9	81	36.00	−/3
Baba Indrajith	Dindigul Dragons	10	96*	40.85	−/2
Arun Karthik	Nellai Royal Kings	7	84	43.33	−/2
Ravichandran Ashwin	Dindigul Dragons	9	69*	36.00	−/3
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Wkts.	Player	Team	Inns	BBI	Ave
M Poiyamozhi	Salem Spartans	7	4/28	13.68	1
Shahrukh Khan	Kovai Kings	9	3/13	15.30	−
Athisayaraj Davidson	Trichy Grand Cholas	7	4/32	15.46	1
T Natarajan	Tiruppur Tamizhans	8	4/36	17.50	1
Sandeep Warrier	Dindigul Dragons	10	2/17	19.25	−
Source: ESPNcricinfo

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